I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end. — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
My ideas had been taking a socialistic shape for many years; but they were lacking in definite outline. — Edward Carpenter Copy Share Image
“Create time for yourself... There are 24 hours in a day... Outline the number to spend on your dreams every day!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline. — Hallie Ephron Copy Share Image
I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Well, I outline fanatically. I am a long thinker and a slow writer, though I am trying to get faster. — William Landay Copy Share Image
I don't write with an outline. I don't often know what I'm going to do as I'm writing. And I do everything… — James Frey Copy Share Image
The way that I write novels in particular is I don't usually outline; I just write. Part of the fun is discovering… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
We don't outline, so we don't have prospective tasks to divide up. It's just, we start at the beginning and talk the… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
When I sat down and wrote the first paragraph, I was like, 'Oh, I can go with this.' I didn't do an… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
If you take a few days to write an outline, you're just making up scenes that you think will work, that you… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“I drew the outline of a flag blowing in the wind. I decided to leave it an outline, because that made it… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
My general writing preface is to write an outline and then ignore about half of it, both on a micro level with… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline stage. However, once I'm writing the… — Aimee Carter Copy Share Image
I outline in some detail, but even after the outline is done I often get a new idea that is an improvement,… — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
I never played Freddy as real. In the true bible of Wes Craven's outline for the films, Freddy only manifests himself in… — Robert Englund Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that they are really cool because they don't outline. In my writing group, they would say, "I… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
One can, in principle, outline sort of a set of neural circuits that are critically involved and even identify disorders that affect… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
The difference between what we see and a sheet of white paper with a few thin lines on it is very great.… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
I don't work with an outline, except a vague one in my head, a general idea of character, place, arc... I'm like… — Said Sayrafiezadeh Copy Share Image
I hate outlines. I have a broad sense of where the story is going; I know the end, I know the end… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I don't really outline. I just kind of know where I'm going in my head, so I'll write and discover it for… — Sam Levinson Copy Share Image
“I have tried to outline, but all that seems to guarantee is that the book will not much resemble the outline, so… — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
“I never used an outline until I started "The Bourne Legacy" project for which I was required to write an outline. To… — Eric Van Lustbader Copy Share Image
The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out… — Patricia Reilly Giff Copy Share Image
“As long as there have been stories, there have been characters that refuse to stick to the outline.” — Suzanne Selfors Copy Share Image
If ever I were to have a symbol attributed to me, it would be a heart, the outline! — Rudolph Valentino Copy Share Image
The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing. — George Stephen Copy Share Image
I never know what's going to happen in a novel. I don't have a plan or an outline. — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book. — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
I really don't keep an outline; I don't organize in any way. I just write. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I don't outline; I listen to a kind of whisper inside the material. — Jayne Anne Phillips Copy Share Image
